Background
Auer, Joseph Lawrence was born on March 18, 1898 in New York City. Son of Jacob S. and Augusta (Hodes) Auer.
Auer, Joseph Lawrence was born on March 18, 1898 in New York City. Son of Jacob S. and Augusta (Hodes) Auer.
Educational public schools. Evening engineering courses Columbia and New York universities.
Superintendent Crocker-Wheeler Electric Manufacturing Company, Ampere, New Jersey, 1930-1937. Works manager R. Hoe & Company, Incorporated., New York City, 1937-1942, vice president, general works manager, 1942-1946, president 1946-1953, director 1946-1954. Member Bronx advising committee Chase Manhattan Bank.
Director, vice president Bronx Board Trade.
Director, member of council Greater New York Fund. Director Bronx region National Conference Christians and Jews.
Member of New York State Payroll Savs Advisory Commission.
Member Bronx advising committee Chase Manhattan Bank. Director, vice president Bronx Board Trade. Director,; member of New York State Payroll Savs Advisory Commission.
Served as chief special mechanic United States Navy, World War I. Member American Society for Metals, American Ordnance Association (chairman recoil, recuperator and equilibrator committee), Bronx Chamber of Commerce, National Printing Equipment Association (director), Newcomen Society North.A. Clubs: Rotary (Bronx).
Married Ernestine Lorch, April. Children: Joan Lorelei, Edmund R. Began as apprentice and machinist De Louisiana Vergne Machine Company.